Pushbullet and EvolveSMS are teaming up to allow users to view and reply to text messages on their Android phone from their PCs. The software are both in beta right now so it's not quite fully baked yet, but the promise behind this partnership is similar to what Motorola had delivered on the Moto X with the Motorola Connect suite. Rather than having to reach for your phone to see and then peck on a tiny keyboard to respond to messages, you can now see and reply using your PC.

You'll need to follow the instructions in the Google+ announcement if you want to take part in the beta. This requires a few steps. Essentially, you'll want to join the Google+ beta community for both EvolveSMS and for Pushbullet, then apply to be a beta tester for both apps through the Google Play store, and lastly download both apps. You'll also need the PushBullet Chrome extension, which allows notifications on your phone to show up on your PC desktop.

Is this something that you would want built into your next phone? Do you find this setup useful? Let us know how everything works out for you.

What did I say that had any hint of complaining? I was starting a fact. Why you ask? Because I've tried beta apps and never had any issues with them. It's ironic my auto-correct put comparing instead of complaining because that's actually what I was doing. By the way, why did you edit your comment to not include the definitions of comparing and complaining? Lol

I think tonymhoffman was referring to the EvolveSMS app itself (NOT EvolveSMS+Pushbullet). And I'd have to agree with him. I LOVE the design of the EvolveSMS, I LOVE the features.... it's just that it's buggy for me. I bought it and all the extras and redownload and test it every other month hoping that it won't be buggy, but it always is. I like EvolveSMS (design-wise) more than HelloSMS or GO SMS, but I ride with GO SMS simply because has the features I like just like Evolve, and most importantly it just works.

I agree. I've been using Evolve since the beginning of this year. I too bought all the extras. But my lord is it buggy! I really don't want to go to another SMS app. I switched from GO SMS to Hangouts to Hello to Textra and finally to Evolve. I like evolve better than the rest because of the features and customization. But I may go back to Textra or Go SMS if the bugs don't stop. The most annoying bug is when I am typing a message and my the screen rotates, the friggin message disappears and it says "draft found, tap ok to load" or something like that. That is the single most annoying thing to me about the app.

Need something like this that allows me to send SMS/MMS from my tablet. There are a few 3rd party apps out there but none seem to work well. Only thing I miss about being on VZ is being able to use their SMS/MMS app on my tablet.

MightyText is definitely good for pairing your PC and phone. I believe it also allows phone-tablet connections. You can also use TabletSMS, which is flawless. I can text from my tablet using my phone's connection.

Evolvesms needs to work on sending pic attachments. I select them from the gallery, choose evolvesms to share/send them... and nothing gets sent. Also this connect like feature has been available for awhile using AirDroid.
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Looks good. I use Mighty Text right now, and it's fine. A little weird when you send a group message though. My ideal fix to the problem of texts not being viewable on a tablet or PC would be for people to just use a full-featured IM like Hangouts/Google Talk. Of course, with a new Whatsapp-type solution being launched almost daily, it won't take off if you have to have every possible app your friends might have. There would need to be interoperability (just like how a Yahoo email user can still write to a Gmail user without signing up for a Gmail account!) My second ideal solution would be for Hangouts to simply copy SMS across devices. If Hangouts on my Android sees an SMS come in, it should display it in Hangouts on the web. But, I probably won't get my way with either of those concepts.

Um you can already do this with mightytext...I use pushbullet as well for notifications other than sms (get those too) but mightytext works great (does more than just text).... man everyone beat me to mentioning mightytext....

Just an FYI to people that moto connect although great and I used it a lot started to destroy my battery when I was doing heavy texting or trying to use the chrome app when my phone was in a low signal strength area. I mean destroy too. It takes a lot to loose a full droid Maxx in 6 hours.

Evn wit a kybrd many peeps will still typ <3 dis. I don't have a use for it personally. Always have my phone and can type on its keyboard just fine. Killed Chrome access at work, unfortunately, but chrome2phone extension still works great on Firefox (sends it to chrome on my phone of course). Maybe they'll add their extension to Firefox and I'll try it out to see if I'm wrong. Cool story, I know. Nobody at work cares about Chrome to b*tch about it : /

I have been using MyPhoneExplorer for years now. http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
I had it on my very first smart phone and it has worked flawlessly. Not sure how Pushbullet and Moto Connect could improve upon FJ's near perfect program and app combo

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